Ancient site· Antakya, Hatay
Antigonia, Hatay
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Editor's Note
Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city founded in 307 BC by Antigonus I Monophthalmus, one of Alexander the Great's successors, on the Orontes River about 7 km northeast of Antioch. Intended as a capital of Antigonus's empire, it occupied a strategic position on trade routes and grew into a large settlement of well over 20,000 people. After Antigonus's death at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC, his rival Seleucus I ended the city's prominence by transferring its population to his new foundations at Antioch and Seleucia Pieria. Its exact location is unknown today.
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- Location
- 36.2539°N · 36.2053°E
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